Androgens and Female Sexuality: Molecular Insights, Neuroendocrine Crosstalk and Future Therapeutic Directions by Giulia Montan, Massimo Carollo, Luciano Torres, Giovanni Buzzaccarini, Andrea Giannini, Andrea Etrusco, Erich Cosmi, Marcello Rigano, Vito Chiantera, Antonio Simone Laganà, Gaspare Cucinella, Giuseppe Gullo

“…This narrative review aims to elucidate the central and peripheral androgen-mediated mechanisms involved in female sexual health and function. Additionally, the current state of androgen therapeutic options is discussed. …”
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Characterization of Immune Aging in the Japanese Medaka (<i>Oryzias latipes</i>) by Elizabeth DiBona, Joseph L. Humble, Daniel Duran, Doris Wai Ting Au, Frauke Seemann

“…Organismal level immune competence data revealed male medaka at the elderly age to be more vulnerable than their female and younger male counterparts while no differences were observed in females based on age. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of vitrification and slow freezing after heterotopic transplantation of human ovarian tissues by Yucui Zeng, Yushan Li, Hui Du, Changzhong Li, Wenkui Dai, Ruifang Wu

“…The recovery of ovarian function was evaluated by observing the estrous cycle and measuring estradiol levels using Elisa. …”
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Computational drug discovery of phytochemical alkaloids targeting the NACHT/PYD domain in the NLRP3 inflammasome by Nilay Singh, Promila Sharma, Manoj K. Pal, Ragini Kahera, Himani Badoni, Kumud Pant, Neetu Sharma, Bhawana Bhist

“…Despite its crucial function in defending against pathogens, the dysregulated activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome has been associated with various inflammatory disorders. …”
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Exploring the link: nutritional status and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - insights from NHANES and clinical research by Yang Yang, Manqing You, Wei Luo, Yang Xu, Lincheng Luo, Hailong Wei

“…Methods This study analyzed 3,591 participants with available lung function from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2012. …”
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Kinematic alignment in Japanese patients shows significant improvement 2 years after total knee replacement surgery by Takao Yamamoto, Shigenobu Fukushima, Shuji Toyono, Takahiro Miyaji, Taku Nakajima, Yoshihiro Wanezaki, Takashi Ito

“…Additionally, the Knee Society Scores (patient satisfaction and function) significantly improved compared with the preoperative status (p < 0.01). …”
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Associations of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke by Rentang Bi, Yanhao Wei, Pengcheng Li, Haokun Peng, Mohammad Alizadeh, Bo Hu, Yanan Li

“…All participants underwent long‐term, continuous renal function monitoring. CKD was assessed using the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria, defined as abnormal kidney function lasting for at least 3 consecutive months. …”
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Perspectives of older women with coexisting urinary incontinence and high fall risk by Steve R. Fisher, Alejandro Villasante-Tezanos, Lindsay M. Allen, Carolyn Utsey, Gokhan Kilic, Monique R. Pappadis

“…Their concerns about falling were unique to the experience of living with a urinary condition and often interacted with social stigma such as embarrassment from incontinence after a fall. Fear of falling was more strongly associated with urinary incontinence-related quality of life than symptom severity, physical functioning, or comorbid burden after adjusting for age (p < 0.01). …”
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Tunable copper based slag catalyst for energy vectors production by Stefano Savino, Giuseppe Guglielmo, Riccardo Muolo, Khaja Mohaideen Kamal, Fiorenza Fanelli, Giuseppe D'Amato, Paolo Bollella, Angelo Tricase, Michele Casiello, Rosella Attrotto, Blaž Likozar, Angelo Nacci, Lucia D'Accolti

“…In this new study, a novel and more versatile catalyst was prepared by functionalizing the slag with CuO nanostructures. …”
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Cost‐effectiveness of Resonance® metallic ureteral stent compared with standard polyurethane ureteral stents in malignant ureteric obstruction: A cost‐utility analysis by Dawn M. Cooper, Rachel Lines, Iqbal Shergill

“…More durable metallic stents are available, although these incur an increased initial purchase price. …”
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On the Use of Azimuth Cutoff for Sea Surface Wind Speed Retrieval From SAR by Yuting Zhu, Giuseppe Grieco, Jiarong Lin, Marcos Portabella, Xiaoqing Wang

“…We aimed to enhance the accuracy of SAR-derived wind estimations to enable more reliable interpretations of marine atmospheric dynamics. …”
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A Systematic Review of Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid, Corticosteroids, and Platelet Rich Plasma Injections on Gait Biomechanics in Knee Osteoarthritis by Hamidreza Aslani, Fateme Mirzaee, Fatemeh Bahramian, Atefeh Aboutorabi, Alireza Jalali, Bahareh Ahmadinejad

“…Nonetheless, no intervention is supported by available data, HA is still thought to be more effective than a placebo. To find out how well therapeutic injections affect patients with knee OA's function and gait, more research is needed. …”
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The level of c-reactive protein in patients with chronic heart failure, depending on body composition by V. I. Shevсova, A. A. Pashkova

“…HFpEF was more common in obese patients. The worst results of functional activity were typical for patients with reduced body weight and sarcopenia, while the rates of patients with sarcopenic obesity were worse than those of patients with obesity alone or sarcopenia alone. …”
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Destabilising Effect of Class B CpG Adjuvants on Different Proteins and Vaccine Candidates by Kawkab Kanjo, Rakesh Lothe, Gaurav Nagar, Meghraj Rajurkar, Harish Rao, Saurabh Batwal, Umesh Shaligram, Raghavan Varadarajan

“…<b>Background:</b> Adjuvants function by enhancing the breadth, durability, and magnitude of the immune response, but little is known about their impact on vaccine stability. …”
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A New Approximate Method for Lightning-Radiated ELF/VLF Ground Wave Propagation over Intermediate Ranges by Wenhao Hou, Qilin Zhang, Jinbo Zhang, Lei Wang, Yuan Shen

“…In our approximate method, the original field attenuation function is divided into two factors in frequency domain representing the propagation effect of the ground conductivity and Earth’s curvature, and both of them have clearer formulations and can more easily be calculated rather than solving a complex differential equation related to Airy functions. …”
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Evaluation of the Efficiency of Alveolar Opening in Cardiosurgical Patients with Low Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Yu. G Zorina, V. V. Moroz, A. M Golubev, Yu. V. Nikiforov

“…Objective: to determine the optimum alveolar opening parameters for the improvement of postoperative pulmonary oxygenizing function in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of less or more than 40% after aortocoronary bypass surgery (ACBS). …”
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Performance of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Date Palm Midrib Composites by Mohammad Hassan Mazaherifar, Octavia Zeleniuc, Camelia Cerbu, Sergiu-Valeriu Georgescu, Antonela Lungu, Camelia Coșereanu

“…The physical properties and mechanical strength of the composites, as a function of fiber types, lamination configuration, as well as adhesive types, were determined. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of the media-sustainable development nexus: mapping trends and future directions by Belqis Mohammad Alwan, Hasan M. H. Mansoor, Abdulrahman Mohammed Al-Shami, Mohammad Ali Alquaary

“…This integrated approach aims to cultivate more inclusive and comprehensive strategies for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, concurrently advocating for the expansion of multilingual publishing to enrich the global knowledge base and ensure a more representative articulation of local contexts within the international discourse on sustainable development and media.…”
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Leveraging Blockchain Technology With Enhanced MDSVA for Robust Meteorological Sensor Data Validation by Md Abdullah Al Mamun, Mei Li, Bijon Kumar Pramanik, Faisal Hussain, A. Z. M. Shakilur Rahman

“…These components work multiplicatively, ensuring that significant issues in any single aspect substantially affect the overall validation result, while minor variations across multiple components have a more moderate combined effect. The mathematical model employs weighted exponential decay for noise reduction, temperature-based environmental scaling, sinusoidal periodic compensation, logistic threshold transitions, and temporal adaptation functions. …”
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Effect of Vitamin D Receptor Activators on Glomerular Filtration Rate: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review. by Qian Zhang, Ming Li, Tiansong Zhang, Jing Chen

“…Episodes of hypercalcemia (RR 3.29, 95% CI 2.02 to 5.38) were more common in the VDRAs group than in the control group.…”
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